Public Health.

Background: Compartment model analysis of diffusion MRI data provides unique information on the microstructural properties of white matter in the brain. However, studies relating compartment model microstructural measures to longitudinal cardiometabolic health data are rare.

Method: In this study, 130 cognitively healthy participants in the Bogalusa Heart Study (age 55.

Outpatient lateral lumbar interbody fusion: single-institution consecutive case series.

Objective: Outpatient spine surgery could reduce hospital costs and improve patient outcomes. Outpatient lateral lumbar interbody fusion (LLIF) can be performed for select patients. This study identified and compared the demographic, clinical, and surgical characteristics of patients who underwent outpatient versus inpatient single-level LLIF.

Incidence of radiographic and clinically significant pneumothorax or hemothorax after thoracic discectomy via mini-open lateral retropleural approach without prophylactic chest tube placement.

Objective: The mini-open lateral retropleural (MO-LRP) approach is an effective option for surgically treating thoracic disc herniations, but the approach raises concerns for pneumothorax (PTX). However, chest tube placement causes insertion site tenderness, necessitates consultation services, increases radiation exposure (requires multiple radiographs), delays the progression of care, and increases narcotic requirements. This study examined the incidence of radiographic and clinically significant PTX and hemothorax (HTX) after the MO-LRP approach, without the placement of a prophylactic chest tube, for thoracic disc herniation.

Clinical Bootcamp: Moving toward competency outside of the clinic.

The COVID-19 Pandemic placed many challenges on the healthcare system. As healthcare providers were stretched thin and clinics were closed to any non-essential personnel, including learners, educational programs across the country scrambled to meet the needs of their students. In response to restrictions placed on traditional in-person clinical training, the University of Michigan Genetic Counseling Program (UMGCP) designed a Clinical Bootcamp (Bootcamp); a two-weeklong, blended educational activity using a framework of case-based learning (CBL) (McLean, 2016).